The illustrated London news . en toseparate themselves from their mother country ; and in such acase it is not likely that Kn^land would think it worth her whileto enter into a war for the purpose of endeavouring to retain adisaffected and revolted dependency. Any military operationsin Canada could only form part of a decided and complete con-test between the two great Powers, and then, surely, Englandwould be bound to send her armies in sufficient forco intoCanadian territory, just as she would send her fleets intothose waters which would form the obvious arena of tho navalpart of the struggl
The illustrated London news . en toseparate themselves from their mother country ; and in such acase it is not likely that Kn^land would think it worth her whileto enter into a war for the purpose of endeavouring to retain adisaffected and revolted dependency. Any military operationsin Canada could only form part of a decided and complete con-test between the two great Powers, and then, surely, Englandwould be bound to send her armies in sufficient forco intoCanadian territory, just as she would send her fleets intothose waters which would form the obvious arena of tho navalpart of the struggle. It is from this point of view, and not onany narrow or mere colonial principle, that the question of thodefence of Canada is to be looked at, Hostilities there imply ageneral and regular war with America. Under these circum-stances an army such as that which we sent to the Crimeawould be indispensable, and woidd probably be transported toNorth America more easily, and certainly with greater speed,ir troops to the Black Sea. , PAGE 249, THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS .ttack on the smallest cad of ? Majc-ys Govr,-niJi?]i:- a are now rending each otPlain people, who judgethat a country engagedmagnitude of which lonies by either 01 the panic* timrer in the so-called United facts and ob-crvalioii. imaopnui a civil war of the intensity ami : pm hably as yci formed no ade-pi it1 j sufficient employment for its resources in men anamoney to render any hostile attempt on a neighbouring territorynot merely inexpedient but impossible. We have long ere thislearned to place at its true value the somewhat blustering asser-tion of American newspapers that the United States were readyto declare war, not only against England, but against anynumber of European Powers that dared to interfere in theircjnarrel even by the expression of an opinion. Unless, then,cur Ministry has some secret information which has beenwafted hither by the subterranean curient of diplomacy,there see
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